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After watching the raw till the end, my heart had this sunken feeling. I guess it's the sadness that this series has ended. Even without subs, I'm kinda surprised how strong this feeling is.

The kiss scene was absolutely, definitely very well-done. I couldn't stop myself from smiling throughout. The "one more, one more, one more..." was so sweet...

The second photo is finally revealed. I thought that it ought to have been the one where both of them were standing on the ladder, Ryuuji above and Taiga below but it turned out to be one of the couple in the backstage. Oh well.

Though I was rather shocked and surprised when Taiga came back only when they graduated in their third year. One whole year. Oh dear. And this spoils any possibility of even a short epilogue on their third year. (And wasn't Ryuuji supposed to be the top student, instead, Kitamura went up the stage. Was he the valedictorian or top student?)

Taiga hiding in the cupboard was lol, well, it was somewhat how they began to knew each other, so it was rather fitting as the ending scene.

And the series has ended. I don't know what I'll replace it with. The next season of anime doesn't seem to have the same sort of thing that can act as a transition to this.

I didn't expect such a good ending to be honest, so I'm happy that J.C. Staff decided to surprise me. They wrapped everything up nicely and they did it in a great way. Definitely one of J.C. Staff's best works in my opinion, maybe even the best.

Spoiler for episode spoilers:

1. They wrapped up the family problems of the Takasu family quite nicely. It happened quite fast, but it didn't feel rushed for some reason.

2. The Ryuuji x Taiga scenes felt really emotional and natural. They definitely belong together. The kissing scene was just perfect....so emotional...one of the best kissing scenes ever!

3. I love how they showed that the second picture (the one behind the one of Taiga and Kitamura) was indeed one of Ryuuji and Taiga together. So she was falling for him even way back then.

I really oughta have waited till tomorrow to watch this since I've had a ringing headache all day and I have to really concentrate to watch a raw... but I think I would have died from suspense, so... :P

Spoiler:

So many thoughts but man what order do I put them in...

Kiss scene = d'awwwww... ^w^ warm and fuzzies.

I loved Minori's little speech on Taiga's cell phone picture... nicely tied together two of the motifs in the series, stars and "things that can be seen."

Oh speaking of which, I also loved the framing with the speech at the beginning of the first episode! Put such a smile on my face.

Oh and Inko-chan! I burst out laughing so hard when he finally said his name! Aww, Inko, I don't really hate your disgusting ugly face... er... uh... well okay but I'm happy for you anyway!

So sad that Taiga was gone for so long... though I'm sure they kept in touch and I hope they could have met a few times between. Although it's kinda nice they left that open, you know? Maybe they met, maybe they didn't... but all that time they were still in love with each other, and that's what counts.

great story... yea probably is one of the best anime kisses, but man was it me or did this episodes art quality reak of QUALITY? minor nitpick to a great close, and considering most animes fumble the ending this was a really welcomed episode. Still think Ryuji's mom should have been harsher, because the dynamic between them has always been Ryuji as the mature one and yasuko is the immature one, and since he leaves I would have assumed she would take the responsbility role for once. Really found it touching but sometimes the show uses the dramatic reunions a bit much.